Local mango leaf extracts found as potential anti-aging, skin-whitening cosmetic ingredient – study
Published May 7, 2021, 11:29 PM by Charissa Luci-Atienza
State researchers found that extracts of the local mango leaves could be used to produce safer cosmetic products after showing “great potential” as anti-aging, skin-whitening cosmetic ingredient.
Based on the study conducted by a researcher team, led by Arsenia B. Sapin of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), local mango leaves were found as a nature-based cosmetic ingredient “with good antioxidant, anti-aging, and whitening properties.”
